GARRY Alder is hoping Oxford's so-called "recycling revolution" helps him clean up ... in more ways than one.

Fed up with walking past his smelly bins every day, the 43-year-old father-of-three hit on a business idea that he is now wheeling out across the city - pressurised bin cleaning.

Mr Alder, of Ridgeway Road, Risinghurst, has spent almost £25,000 setting up Green and Clean in the wake of wheelie bins appearing on the city's streets for the first time.

But unlike the rest of us in Oxford, he is hoping the warm weather leads to bins festering with maggots and other bacteria.

And that is because for £3.50 a go, wheelie bins are put in the back of a van and cleaned using specialist equipment.

Green and blue recycling boxes are also cleaned.

It is the first wheelie bin cleaning service in Oxford - and one of the first in the region - and customers have already been calling after two weeks.

Mr Alder said: "I was fed up with smelling my dirty bins and no one was doing anything about it, so I have.

"I will make money and at the same time provide a service. There is a genuine concern that bins smell.

"I have spoken to a lot of people who say they wrap their rubbish up - and that is fine - but the bin will still smell.

"There is no ventilation or drainage in these bins so water stays in and festers. It could be clean water, but eventually it will smell."

Mr Alder has already won an Apple Award for his business concept.

An explosion in maggots and rats was one of the major concerns before the wheelie bin revolution started in Oxford.

No major incidents have been reported, but the scheme has yet to endure a long, hot summer.

Mr Alder joked: "I could do with a bit of sunshine to make the bins smell to be honest.

"It is a personal hygiene thing, people don't have the time to clean their bins and this is a service that is required.

"People take their cars to the car wash to be clean - and this is the same concept."

City councillor Jean Fooks, executive member for a cleaner city and the woman in charge of the new recycling arrangements, gave Green and Clean the thumbs up.

She said: "He has our full support, it sounds like a good service and a great business opportunity."